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A UPS Boeing 767-300F freighter in brown and white livery, with 'Worldwide Services' on its fuselage and the UPS shield on its tail, flying with landing gear down against a clear blue sky.

UPS Raised Its Revenue Forecast by $1.4 Billion and Its Profit Forecast by $100 Million. The Fourth Quarter Now Has to Earn 37 Per Cent of the Year's Profit.

UPS said on 27 October that third-quarter revenue rose 6.7 per cent to $22.9 billion while adjusted earnings fell to $1.69 a share from $1.74. It raised its 2026 revenue outlook to about $92.6 billion, from $91.2 billion, and its adjusted operating profit target to about $8.75 billion, from $8.65 billion. U.S. parcel volume fell 3.3 per cent.

By Daniel Okafor October 27, 2026

Shipping containers being lowered from quay cranes onto yard trucks beneath the legs of the cranes at a container terminal.

Business

Savannah Had Its Busiest September on Record for Containers. At Brunswick, Roll-On Cargo Fell 22 Per Cent.

The Port of Savannah handled 504,015 twenty-foot equivalent units in September, a record for the month and 3.7 per cent more than a year earlier, led by imports. Georgia's other big port, Brunswick, handled 22 per cent less roll-on, roll-off cargo, the ships that carry vehicles and machinery.

By Daniel Okafor October 7, 2026

A white truck cab stands between two empty flatbed trailers in a gravel yard in front of a long warehouse with loading bays, under a blue evening sky.

Business

C.H. Robinson Is Paying $5.8 Billion for RXO. The Price Rests on $300 Million of Savings.

C.H. Robinson agreed on Sunday to buy RXO, the truck broker spun out of XPO in 2022, for about $5.8 billion including debt. Its own slides value the deal at 13.2 times RXO's expected earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation, but only after $300 million of annual cost savings. Without them the multiple is about 42. C.H. Robinson's shares fell 10.8 per cent on Monday.

By Margaret Holloway October 5, 2026

Two American semi-trucks with refrigerated trailers parked side by side in Arizona, seen from the front.

Business

The Trucking Companies Going Bankrupt Are Small. Diesel Is Paid in Days, Freight in Months.

At least 16 trucking and delivery companies entered bankruptcy between late August and 21 September, FreightWaves found. Seven of them ran six trucks or fewer. Diesel hit a record $6.53 a gallon in the same weeks, but spot freight rates have also risen, from about $2.40 a mile a year ago to $3.42. The squeeze on small carriers is less about the price of fuel than about when they have to pay for it.

By Cory Chamberlain October 3, 2026

Throttle levers on an airliner flight deck, reverse-thrust markings visible, instrument panels lit beyond.

The Numbers

They Called the Speed a Hundred and Two Seconds Before the Crash

The cockpit voice recorder from the Miami overrun runs to more than two hours of good audio. About a minute and forty-two seconds before impact, a pilot said the aircraft was going too fast, and kept saying so. The go-around was called seconds before the end. The gap between those two moments is the investigation.

By Cory Chamberlain September 10, 2026

An empty airport runway at dusk, approach and centreline lights lit, seen down its length.

The Numbers

Going Around After Touchdown Does Not Add an Option. It Removes One.

The NTSB says the 767 at Miami touched down on its nose and right main gear at 158 knots, that the left main did not touch for another eleven seconds, and that the crew then released the brakes and pushed the throttles to go-around thrust before abandoning the attempt. No reversers. No speed brakes. It overran by 1,300 feet.

By Cory Chamberlain September 9, 2026

Painted runway markings seen from above.

The Numbers

The Aircraft Was Still Flying Where It Should Have Been Stopping

Video of Sunday's overrun at Miami appears to show the Boeing 767 still airborne well down runway 30 before it touched down. Nothing about cause is established and the NTSB has a year of work ahead. But a long float is the one thing that shortens every remaining option at once.

By Cory Chamberlain September 8, 2026

A view down an airport runway from ground level, marked with tyre rubber, with the far end and surrounding buildings visible.

The Long View

The Plane Said Amazon. The Certificate Belongs to Somebody Else.

A Boeing 767 in Prime Air livery overran a runway at Miami on Sunday and killed five people, none of them aboard. The aircraft was operated by 21 Air of Greensboro, North Carolina. Amazon does not hold an FAA operating certificate, and every flight in its air network is flown on somebody else's.

By Alison Acosta September 7, 2026

Flag-marked pallets of relief supplies coming off the ramp of a military transport aircraft onto a forklift.

World

Relief Moves by Military Airlift Because the Cheaper Options Were Never Built

The fastest way to move disaster supplies is also the most expensive per tonne in existence. The alternatives cost a fraction and require somebody to fund idle capacity in advance, which no budget cycle rewards.

By Cory Chamberlain August 29, 2026

EV Charging for vans at the comfort of your own home with Zaptec

Business

The Company Fleet Goes Electric on a Spreadsheet, Not a Pledge

Corporate fleet electrification stalled while it was a sustainability commitment and started moving when it became a total-cost-of-ownership calculation that fleet managers could defend on their own terms.

By Cory Chamberlain August 21, 2026

Attendees observe a robotic automation system at TRST Expo. Demonstration of advanced robotics for logistics and warehouse automation. A modern industrial exhibition featuring smart technology and innovation.

Business

Warehouse Automation Reaches the Companies That Could Not Afford It

Robotics in distribution was a capital project only the largest operators could justify. Leasing, smaller machines and software that runs on existing racking have moved it within reach of companies shipping a few thousand orders a day.

By Alison Acosta August 20, 2026

Colourful shipping containers stacked in side light with blue sky background.

National News

The Ports Fixed Themselves. The Roads Behind Them Did Not

Billions went into berths, cranes and channel depth after the congestion of the early decade. The constraint moved twenty miles inland, to the road and rail that carry a container away from the water.

By Cory Chamberlain August 19, 2026

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